PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H. W. Berg
AU  - Raul T. De SOTO
AU  - M. Akiyoshi
TI  - The Effect of Refrigeration, Bentonite Clarification and Ion Exchange on Potassium Behavior in Wines
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1968.19.4.208
DP  - 1968 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 208--212
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/19/4/208.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/19/4/208.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1968 Jan 01; 19
AB  - Though the response of wines to refrigeration varies greatly not only between types but even between wines of the same type, it was found that the decrease in KHT (potassium bitartrate) content between 4 and 6 days of refrigeration may be used as a guide to determine the feasibility of continued refrigeration. Both bentonite fining and ion exchange materially decrease the amount of KHT which wines, are capable of holding in solution, with ion exchange having the major effect. The two effects are not strictly additive. The effect of bentonite fining varies with the manner in which it is done. The variation is apparently clue to the differential adsorption of certain compounds by the bentonite.